Galaxy Messier 51 Whirlpool and Zwicky 6057 cluster
Messier 51, the Whirlpool Galaxy, is known for several reasons, but perhaps not all of you know that it was the first galaxy to be classified as a…
California Nebula
The California Nebula lies in the constellation Perseus, approximately 1,000–1,500 light-years away from Earth. Spanning nearly 2.5 degrees across…
NGC185 and NGC147 nearby galaxies
Most of you are probably familiar with the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). You might also know that it has two prominent satellite galaxies – M32 and…
Messier 35 and NGC2158 open clusters
Messier 35 is a well-known open cluster in the Gemini constellation – a great visual observation target for binoculars and for telescopes of…
Messier 106 and Zwicky 5032 galaxy cluster
Most of the astronomy amateurs are probably familiar with the Messier 106 galaxy. This object has no fancy nickname, but M106 is large and rich in…
Abell 779 galaxy cluster in Lynx
Abell 779 galaxy cluster is not a well-known target, because galaxy clusters are not a well-known targets for astronomy amateurs anyway.…
Autumn Cepheus and Cygnus nebulae
The transition from summer to autumn in the northern hemisphere creates a convenient opportunity for observation of the Milky Way. It shines high in…
TS-Optics PhotoLine 130 a few images
TS-Optics PhotoLine 130mm triplet is back. I used to have this telescope a few years ago and made quite a lot of pictures and observations using it.…
A few days with a Daystar Quark
What is the Daystar Quark? Functionally it is a very narrowband filter that passes only a tiny amount of color around the hydrogen alpha emission…
12.41 billion years away
It has been already over four years since I started to "hunt" for distant worlds (usually it is quasar) at my images. The area around M101 galaxy…
Light polluted Iris
Celestial dark stuff requires dark sky to record them. Lesson learned. I was a little bit too optimistic about my suburban conditions when I placed…
The Fox Head
NGC6819 Fox Head is a remote star open cluster in Cygnus constellation, nearby Lyra. This one is about 7200 light years away and contains not so…